ADOLESCENT/YOUNG ADULT

CONTACT PERSON:

Dr. Thomas E. Kelly (216) 397-4696

ACCREDITATIONS:

• National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

The Adolescent/Young Adult program works with teenagers from ages twelve through twenty-one and grades seven through twelve.  Teachers may be licensed in at least one of the following teaching fields:

1. Integrated Language Arts
2. Integrated Social Studies
3. Integrated Mathematics
4. Chemistry/Life Science
5. Life Science
6. Physical Science: Physics/Chemistry
7. Physics
8. Chemistry

Interested students must make application for and be accepted in to the teacher education program prior to registration in upper-division education courses. An applicant must have taken, or be enrolled in, ED 100, 186 and 253 before, or at the time of, application for admission. Students may not take any additional coursework beyond ED 100, 186, and 253 unless they are formally admitted to teacher education. Those accepted into the AYA or MA licensure program must also be accepted into a departmental major, e.g., History.

For undergraduates, application is normally made during the semester in which ED 253 is taken, usually in the sophomore year. Application forms are available from the department office. Post-baccalaureate students are evaluated at the time of admission to the Graduate School and need not make a separate application. An interview is required of all students, undergraduate and graduate.

The professional year is a unique aspect of the professional development of pre-service candidates at John Carroll University. All candidates participate in a full academic year clinical experience in one classroom for Pre-Student Teaching (first semester) and Student Teaching (second semester). Pre-Student Teaching opens the opportunity to reflect, question, and continue with weekly experiences in a classroom which culminates in Student Teaching and the daily opportunity to continually challenge perceptions in light of the present. As a function of the Pre-Student Teaching and Student Teaching semester, the candidates meet on a regular basis in conference with the cooperating teacher and university supervisor to discuss present teaching capacity, provide feedback on areas for improvement, and continue to address the development profession for becoming an educator.

PROFESSIONAL and PEDAGOGICAL STUDIES
Professional and pedagogical studies provide a planned sequence of courses that develop knowledge about education, for example, its social and historical foundations, and foster understanding and use of the principles of effective teaching practice. The following courses are common to all licensure areas (EC, MC, AYA, and Multi-Age):

ED 100 Introduction to Education (2 cr.)
ED 186 Instructional Technology (2 cr.)
ED 201 Assessment, Learning & Individual Differences (3 cr.)
ED 253 School and Society (3 cr.)
ED 255 Literacy Across the Curriculum (3 cr.)
ED 350 Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (3 cr.)
ED 405 Seminar in Teaching (3 cr.)
ED 444 Student Teaching (3 cr.)

Specifically required for Adolescent/Young Adult Education
PS 262 Adolescent Development (3 cr.)
ED 337 Adolescent Special Education Methods (3 cr.)
ED 427 Adolescent Education Special Topics (3 cr.)

CURRICULUM CONTENT or TEACHING FIELD
Adolescent/Young Adult Licensure requirements
Students interested in AYA licensure must major in an academic subject area and may need to complete additional courses specific to the content area licensure. During the initial semesters, students should plan to complete Core requirements. Where possible they should take courses that simultaneously meet the requirements of the University Core, their major and/or AYA or MA program requirements. These program requirements are subject to change based on the SPAs and Ohio Department of Education requirements.

Integrated Language Arts (56 semester hours)
Integrated Social Studies (48 semester hours)
Chemistry/Physics (58 semester hours)
Life Science (48 semester hours)
Mathematics (36 semester hours)
Physical Science: Physics/Chemistry (58 semester hours)
Physics (54 semester hours)
Chemistry (34-44 semester hours)

NOTE:
*An overall GPA of 2.7 or higher must be maintained in content-area coursework for Middle Child, AYA and Multi-Licensure.

*Undergraduate candidates who complete less than one-half of content-area coursework at John Carroll will be required to pass PRAXIS II in the content area as a prerequisite for student teaching, Middle Child, AYA or Multi-Age Licensure.

*Post-baccalaureate candidates must pass PRAXIS II in the content area as a prerequisite for student teaching, Middle Child, AYA or Multi-Age Licensure.